Post by Wolverine on May 24, 2012 15:23:20 GMT -4
The Gemini Universe
On an Earth, much like our own, the humans lived as peacefully as any normal human populated world can. There were no known meta humans, or mutants, or genetically altered people; and many people will tell you they didn't exist, known or unknown. No super strong men, super fast women, or teens shooting lasers out of their eyes. At least not until seven years ago; not until the Invasion. It started out with what seemed to be natural disasters, but during the wrong times of the years. Tsunamis during the dry season, hurricanes and tornadoes in the dead of winter. Some called it the end of the world, others merely global warming. 'Was it the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012?' you might ask a survivor, 'no' they would tell you. This all started happening eight years before 2012, in 2004. 2005 and 2006 brought new disasters when planes began falling out of the sky for no apparent reason, and the stories the survivors told were eerily similar. While some had seen nothing at all, others had seen a strange jet appear outside the plane every time the engines stalled and their aircraft plummeted like a dead bird. The description of the pilots was always the same as well; long angular faces with perfectly flawless skin and slightly sunken in cheeks. Their irises were solid black and larger than a normal human's.
These natural disasters and strange aircraft accidents where nothing compared to what was coming. We've all seen Independence Day or War of the Worlds and films like them, and we always win in the end because we find the crack in their armor, or our own planets microbes wipe them out. But not this time. The Basarian, as a race, are well adapted to planets like Earth, since they have been destroying or subjugating them for well over ten thousand years. There was one thing that happened on Earth that had not happened on any of the other populated planets the Basarian had taken over or destroyed. The people of Earth went in to hiding and fought back. They would fight to the utter death as though they were not out numbered twenty to one. Also the appearance of some humans with extraordinary powers. The Basarian knew they had to consolidate these super powered people and have them under their control. They didn't want to be up against stubborn humans aided by more stubborn humans with powers. The aliens also needed to figure out why some people developed these powers while other simply died as was intended by the Zaltride Gas (Black Mist as the humans called it) they had released first with the plane crashes and then again during the main assault.
Results of the Basarian inquiry
Our first group of scouts were sent in the Earth year 20 BC during the time of the Roman Empire with its Emperor, Caesar Augustus. Many of them stayed behind to gather intelligence on this race called humans. It would seem that both men and women of our race stayed and integrated into the Roman population. A second advanced scout contingency arrived in the Earth year 1900 AD. This group also integrated into the general population of the world, which had grown markedly my this point. Our analysis has told us that the appearance of these super humans might be an unforeseen accident, caused by the mingling of our DNA with that of the humans. It would seem that if both parents of the affected individual had an ancestor of our race from both scouting deployments, there by intensifying the concentration of Basarian blood in the affected individuals system, power developed when exposed to our Zaltride Gas. Since the numbers of our scouting parties were so few for each deployment, the possibility of this exact blood combination happening is quite low, as given by the large number of casualties to the low number of affected individuals in the human race.
Small rebellion groups have popped up all over the globe since 2008, after most of Earth's population was wiped out by the Zaltride Gas bombs. Many of these groups are either lead by gifted humans, those lucky to have had enough advance warning to get under ground, or military groups who were not in the area at the times of the bombings. Most of the skirmishes have taken place in the major cities of England, France, Russia, The United States, and Turkey. The people who have gathered together have come from all over the world, some even crossing oceans. The Basarian have no intention of leaving any human alive and intent to repopulate the Earth with their own kind and other races they have under their control, such as the Lazcar. New odd occurrences began happening in the cities that have seen the most fighting. Rifts in space are opening randomly and without warning. As of now they are still extremely rare and never last more than a few moments. They have, however, been known to act as something like a black hole, and suck those close to them into their centers. No trace of these people are ever found again, and no one has been able to trigger them on purpose.
On an Earth, much like our own, the humans lived as peacefully as any normal human populated world can. There were no known meta humans, or mutants, or genetically altered people; and many people will tell you they didn't exist, known or unknown. No super strong men, super fast women, or teens shooting lasers out of their eyes. At least not until seven years ago; not until the Invasion. It started out with what seemed to be natural disasters, but during the wrong times of the years. Tsunamis during the dry season, hurricanes and tornadoes in the dead of winter. Some called it the end of the world, others merely global warming. 'Was it the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012?' you might ask a survivor, 'no' they would tell you. This all started happening eight years before 2012, in 2004. 2005 and 2006 brought new disasters when planes began falling out of the sky for no apparent reason, and the stories the survivors told were eerily similar. While some had seen nothing at all, others had seen a strange jet appear outside the plane every time the engines stalled and their aircraft plummeted like a dead bird. The description of the pilots was always the same as well; long angular faces with perfectly flawless skin and slightly sunken in cheeks. Their irises were solid black and larger than a normal human's.
These natural disasters and strange aircraft accidents where nothing compared to what was coming. We've all seen Independence Day or War of the Worlds and films like them, and we always win in the end because we find the crack in their armor, or our own planets microbes wipe them out. But not this time. The Basarian, as a race, are well adapted to planets like Earth, since they have been destroying or subjugating them for well over ten thousand years. There was one thing that happened on Earth that had not happened on any of the other populated planets the Basarian had taken over or destroyed. The people of Earth went in to hiding and fought back. They would fight to the utter death as though they were not out numbered twenty to one. Also the appearance of some humans with extraordinary powers. The Basarian knew they had to consolidate these super powered people and have them under their control. They didn't want to be up against stubborn humans aided by more stubborn humans with powers. The aliens also needed to figure out why some people developed these powers while other simply died as was intended by the Zaltride Gas (Black Mist as the humans called it) they had released first with the plane crashes and then again during the main assault.
Results of the Basarian inquiry
Our first group of scouts were sent in the Earth year 20 BC during the time of the Roman Empire with its Emperor, Caesar Augustus. Many of them stayed behind to gather intelligence on this race called humans. It would seem that both men and women of our race stayed and integrated into the Roman population. A second advanced scout contingency arrived in the Earth year 1900 AD. This group also integrated into the general population of the world, which had grown markedly my this point. Our analysis has told us that the appearance of these super humans might be an unforeseen accident, caused by the mingling of our DNA with that of the humans. It would seem that if both parents of the affected individual had an ancestor of our race from both scouting deployments, there by intensifying the concentration of Basarian blood in the affected individuals system, power developed when exposed to our Zaltride Gas. Since the numbers of our scouting parties were so few for each deployment, the possibility of this exact blood combination happening is quite low, as given by the large number of casualties to the low number of affected individuals in the human race.
Small rebellion groups have popped up all over the globe since 2008, after most of Earth's population was wiped out by the Zaltride Gas bombs. Many of these groups are either lead by gifted humans, those lucky to have had enough advance warning to get under ground, or military groups who were not in the area at the times of the bombings. Most of the skirmishes have taken place in the major cities of England, France, Russia, The United States, and Turkey. The people who have gathered together have come from all over the world, some even crossing oceans. The Basarian have no intention of leaving any human alive and intent to repopulate the Earth with their own kind and other races they have under their control, such as the Lazcar. New odd occurrences began happening in the cities that have seen the most fighting. Rifts in space are opening randomly and without warning. As of now they are still extremely rare and never last more than a few moments. They have, however, been known to act as something like a black hole, and suck those close to them into their centers. No trace of these people are ever found again, and no one has been able to trigger them on purpose.